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Having kicked off its Black Friday promotion with the now sold out Uncharted 3 for 22.97, GameStop.co.uk has now gone live with an amazing offer for EA’s Battlefield 3. The game is currently available on either PS3 or Xbox 360 for just 22.97. The promotion will run until 8pm tonight, …
Read More »Now Irish President attacks video games
The new President of Ireland Michael D Higgins has used his first official public engagement to attack video games. He issued the warning when attending an event at The Ark in Dublin’s Temple Bar – his first presidential appointment since taking office on November 11th. The 70 year old told …
Read More »Ubisoft slams PC pirates, confirms two PC no-shows
Ubisoft has blamed piracy for the decision to release neither I Am Alive or Ghost Recon: Future Soldier on PC. Furthermore, the company had a big dig at the PC gaming community. "We’ve heard loud and clear that PC gamers are bitching about there being no version for them," I …
Read More »Next Xbox skips optical drive, goes digital only?
The latest rumours concerning Microsoft’s next Xbox console suggest that the company may launch an entry-level machine that is not compatible with disc-based games. As it has done with Xbox 360, DigitalFoundry reports that Microsoft will look to launch its new machine in two iterations. However, the distinction between the …
Read More »FEATURE: ‘A digital chart is vital’
MCV quizzes UKIE board member and Sega UK MD John Clark on the importance of including digital sales into the weekly charts… You spoke at the London Games Conference this month about the evolution of packaged and digital content. Before LGC we surveyed 1,000 industry experts and three quarters said …
Read More »UK Catherine release gets reversible cover
Publisher Deep Silver has announced that the European version of bizarre erotic puzzle game Catherine will include a reversible cover. One side will showcase Katherine, the loving and devoted partner of protagonist Vincent, while the other will display the sexy Catherine. The game has already achieved cult status overseas, thanks …
Read More »Twitter spoof Peter Molydeux will return
One of the industry’s favourite spoof Twitter feeds has been suspended – but its owner says that he very much hopes for its return. Called Peter Molydeux, the account parodied the famous outside the box” thinking of acclaimed developer Peter Molyneux, pushing his ides of in-game emotion and context to …
Read More »Modern Warfare 3 tops Japanese charts
Activision’s Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 has achieved a rare feat for a Western-developed FPS by debuting at the top of the Japanese software charts. The game is published by Square Enix in the region. Andriasang reports that its week one PS3 sales reached 180,372. Although its predecessor Black …
Read More »Vita will stream ALL PS3 games
Reports have emerged which claim Sony will at some stage release a firmware update for PS3 that will allow the upcoming PlayStation Vita to stream any game from the system. Eurogamer reports that for back-catalogue titles Vita will only be able to display a resolution of 480×272, though this will …
Read More »Apple pulls iOS games subscription app
After just a couple of days of availability, Apple has without explanation removed a first-of-its-kind games subscription service from the iOS App Store. Just yesterday MCV reported on the pioneering streaming games service from Big Fish, which used new subscription functionality introduced in Newsstand and was fully approved by Apple. …
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